WEDI Covers All the ICD-10 Angles

'No one wants another delay. We are moving forward and we are moving forward together.'
CHICAGO | July 31, 2015

The WEDI Summer Forum on ICD-10 July 28-29 could be accurately referred to as "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About ICD-10 (But Were Afraid to Ask)."

Over the course of two days, an assembly of providers, payers, vendors, government officials, consultants and association representatives covered as many aspects of ICD-10 as possible within the time allotted, placing the sharpest focus on the Oct. 1 deadline, provider readiness, claims adjudication, testing results and financial implications.

The sessions at the American Dental Association Conference Center were intimate, attended by approximately 100 people and featured "town hall" give-and-take comment interaction. This format produced a wide range of perspectives on all things ICD-10. Here's a rundown:

The dreaded deadline
While no one could say with certainty that the implementation date won't get pushed ahead yet again, the speakers were unanimous in arguing against it. Jim Daley and Laura Darst, WEDI ICD-10 workgroup co-chairs, laid it out plainly: "Oct. 1 is four years more than the original proposed date and more than six-and-a-half years from the original final rule publication. The estimated one-year delay costs between $1.1 billion and 6.8 billion dollars."